Earl Francis Blumenauer is an American lawyer,author,and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 3rd congressional district since 1996. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River.
Randall Edwards is an American politician who most recently served as the state treasurer of the state of Oregon. A Democrat,Edwards was elected as treasurer in 2000,and reelected in 2004,after serving two terms in the Oregon Legislative Assembly. He served as a manager and senior advisor at the state treasury from 1992–1996,and was an International Trade Analyst for the U.S. Commerce Department.
The government of Portland,Oregon is based on a city commission government system. Elected officials include the mayor,commissioners,and a city auditor. The mayor and commissioners are responsible for legislative policy and oversee the various bureaus that oversee the day-to-day operation of the city. Portland began using a commission form of government in 1913 following a public vote on May 3 of that year. Each elected official serves a four-year term,without term limits. Each city council member is elected at-large. In 2022,Portland residents approved a ballot measure to replace the commission form of government with a 12-member council elected in four districts using single transferable vote,with a professional city manager appointed by a directly-elected mayor,with the first elections to be held in 2024.
Steven "Steve" Novick is a former American politician,attorney,and activist from the U.S. state of Oregon. Most recently he served a four-year term as a Portland City Commissioner –a member of the City Council of Portland –from January 2013 to January 2017. He was elected in May 2012 and assumed office on January 1,2013. In 2008,he ran for the Democratic Party's nomination for the United States Senate,for the seat then held by Republican Gordon Smith,but narrowly lost to Oregon House speaker Jeff Merkley. On the Portland city council,he was in charge of the city's transportation department,among other responsibilities. Novick ran for re-election to the city council in 2016 but lost to Chloe Eudaly. Starting in 2018,he works as an attorney for Oregon Department of Justice.
Dan Saltzman is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon who served as a commissioner on the City Council of Portland in Portland,Oregon,from 1999 through the end of 2018. As of 2017,he had served longer on the Council than any other person since 1969.
Constance McCready,was an American journalist and politician from Portland,Oregon,in the United States. She held several elected offices in Oregon during her career,including the Oregon House of Representatives,the Portland City Council,and culminating with a partial term as Portland's mayor. To date,McCready remains the last Republican to serve as mayor of the city.
Francis James Ivancie was an American businessman and politician who served as mayor of Portland,Oregon,from 1980 to 1985. Prior to his term as mayor,Ivancie served for fourteen years on the Portland City Council. After his retirement from elected office,Ivancie remained active in community affairs,occasionally lending his support to political causes. During his political career,Ivancie was a conservative Democrat.
The 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon were held on November 4,2008,to determine who will represent the state of Oregon in the United States House of Representatives,coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms those elected will be serving in the 111th Congress from January 3,2009 until January 3,2011.
Terrence Doyle Schrunk was an American politician who served as the mayor for the city of Portland,Oregon,1957–1973,a length tying with George Luis Baker,who also served 16 years (1917–1933).
Portland City Hall is the headquarters of city government of Portland,Oregon,United States. The four-story Italian Renaissance-style building houses the offices of the City Council,which consists of the mayor and four commissioners,and several other offices. City Hall is also home to the City Council chambers,located in the rotunda on the east side of the structure. Completed in 1895,the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 21,1974. City Hall has gone through several renovations,with the most recent overhaul gutting the interior to upgrade it to modern seismic and safety standards. The original was built for $600,000,while the 1996 to 1998 renovation cost $29 million.
Jules Bailey is an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2009 to 2014,representing inner Southeast and Northeast Portland. Bailey also served on the County Commission for Multnomah County,Oregon from June 2014 to December 2016. In 2016,Bailey ran for mayor of Portland in 2016,losing to Ted Wheeler. In January 2017,he began working for the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative as the chief stewardship officer,and as the CEO in January 2023.
Amanda Fritz is a British-American politician and retired psychiatric nurse from the U.S. state of Oregon. Before being elected to Portland's City Council in 2008,Fritz was a neighborhood activist and seven-year member of the Portland Planning Commission. She was also the first candidate to win public financing under Portland's Clean Elections system in 2006,though she lost to incumbent Dan Saltzman in the first round of that year's election.
Stan Bunn is an American politician and lawyer in the U.S. state of Oregon. Born and raised in Yamhill County,he is part of a political family that includes his brother Jim Bunn who served in Congress. A self-described moderate Republican,Stan served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly,including a successful run for the Oregon House of Representatives while in law school in 1972. Later he served as Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1999 to 2003,in a political career spanning four decades. In non-elective offices,he was chairman of the state's ethics commission and on the Oregon Traffic Safety Commission between stints in the legislature.
Thomas E. Bunn is a former law enforcement officer and politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. A Republican,he served part of a term in the Oregon House of Representatives while two brothers served in the Oregon State Senate. A former sheriff’s deputy in Yamhill County,he later served two terms as a county commissioner. He also was mayor of Amity and a member of their city council.
Gordon C. Faber was an American politician and businessman in the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Pennsylvania,he grew up in Hillsboro,Oregon. He joined the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and was a small business owner before becoming a real estate agent and entering politics. He served on Hillsboro's budget committee and city council before serving two terms as mayor from 1993 to 2001. The Gordon Faber Recreation Complex in the city's northeast corner is named in his honor.
Charles Andrew Hales is a former American politician who served as the 52nd mayor of Portland,Oregon,from 2013 to 2017. He previously served on the Portland City Council from 1993 to 2002.
Charles Ray Jordan was a Portland City Commissioner from 1974 until 1984. He was the first African-American city commissioner in Portland,Oregon,and is the namesake of the Charles Jordan Community Center.
Albert Harry Densmore,also known as Al Densmore,is an American politician and businessman from Medford,Oregon. He served three terms as a Democrat in the Oregon House of Representatives. During his last term,he was speaker pro tempore in the House of Representatives. After leaving the legislature,Densmore was elected mayor of Medford and later served on the Medford city council.
Margaret D. Strachan is an American politician who served on the Portland City Council,in Portland,Oregon,from 1981–1986. She was the first woman elected to the Council.
